Social Science, Psychology, and Physics Envy
There is a common assumption that true scientific laws have no exceptions. These would be the basic laws of physics, for example. They hold over all time and space, in any situation, in regards to...
View ArticleEntropy and Extropy Across Domains
Entropy is a concept used in two main areas of physics: Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics. Entropy has various definitions in different areas. For example, it could refer to energy that is not...
View ArticleHuman Nature: From Evolutionary Psychology to Civilizational Transcendence
Robert Wright’s book, The Moral Animal, is a great overview of basic evolutionary psychology. All the standard names like Trivers, Williams, Wilson, Buss, Pinker, Tooby and Cosmides make their...
View ArticleThe Post-Philosophical Sciences of Humanity
For quite a while, the cognitive and neural sciences have been on the rise, along with a synergistic and ‘consilience’ style incorporation of evolutionary theorizing into the mix. This shift has been...
View ArticleEmotion, Mood, and Personality: A Dynamic Systems Synthesis
Marc Lewis’ dynamic systems model of emotional self-organization provides a way of viewing emotion, mood, and personality as different aspects or levels of continuous processes rather than as discrete...
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